Mold for making coffin-boxes.



'.ni-.IUN n u'. om.; xerox, or ownnsnono, KENTUCKY, Assioivon or orit-ino'sfr, or owilnssono, sicivruoiy;

en sfinries rirrnlnir @Fries Natl-HALF TO RICHARD vOLl FOR VAKINGCOFFIN-BOXES.

Specification of Letters Patent.'

Patented Junegs, 1909;

l concrete ffotiin boxes, and, one of the princi-f nel ohjeris el' thesinne is toproi'ide :l simple stnnipednni sheet metal mold vi'or moldingConcrete eoiin boxes in which n series of seid 'molds bnn he used oneYwithin the other to l'orni :L series or number of eoflin boxes et thesaine time. I 1

Another objert of the invention .is to pro vide ineens for holdinglhevarious mold members :it "he req L nu: the' molding'operation.

uired distri-nee eport dui "lhese ond other objects nmy be attained? bymeans ofthe construction illustrated in the ooeonnianylng drawing, mwhioh,-

Figure 'l o longitudinal seetionloken through n plurality oi' molds andshowing the eoiiin boxes molded before they are re-4 'nmved' therefrom.Fig. i2 is n. bottoni plan view oi' the eoi'in lid. Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional View token centrally through Fig'.

w s transverse seotion teken through v e mold for the Collin lid andshowing` o concrete lid within the lnohl.

Referring to the drawing for n. more speoilie dese ip-ion otinjyinvention, the numerals l, 2f and 3 designate thethree seperateinolds lor molding two Cottin boxes. lt will be understood that these'eofns 'are of different sizes", and hence to form two eolins'threeinolds `muy be used. 'lf'nese lmolds may be 40 Conveniently mede oi"sheet metal steinped up to the required shape and provided with suitableof'l'setsd of iilieren't sizes, szid oil'- sets forming n 'groove nearthe opposite ends ol' the bottoni' of the Cottin so that the 'loweringstrap maybe removed after thejcoflin 1 has been lowered into the gnome.4.The opper edges of the molds 1;. 2 and 3 nre substantially coincidentoi'V flush so that e. trowel or other slieking tool may be used lorscmping'ott the 59- su erluous concrete.-

o hold the inolds in then-proper relative positions during the moldingoperation three or more eine 5 project upwardly from the- 'molds :it therequired dista-nee apart at the upper edgeofsaid molds, ond formed inthese enrs :1re keyhole slots (5. A holding rod 7 provided with n seriesof projections S upon its upper side hns n handle Q at one end, seidhandle beingl turned down upon the opposite side of the' rod from theprojections 8. The 60 rods 7 ere inserted Ain the ein-e5 b v bringingthe projections 8 into eoineidence Withthe `smaller portions of the kehole slot 6 ond by pusliing said rods through the slots and 'by turninorthe handle 9 dewyn, the Various molds 65 are loefed ot'the requireddistances apart, as will be imders'tood. or molding the lid or cover ofthe eolin e.

plein rectangular mold with rounded corners is provided, as shown inFig. 4. This mold l0 is provided with projections or oll'sets l1 ondemarginal lsnge l2. The Concrete 13 .forming the lid is poured into themold land is smoothed off et the top.` The groove formed between theprojections 11 ts u Von 15 the upper' edge of the cotinond'thus hol siitlro'm moving from 'side to side.

r' From the foregoing it will be obvious thfL-t my invention permits themolding o'f'o nunk ber of coiiins otjthe some time and rendersltheproeess cosy', rapid and economical.

is elziiined as'new,'is-:' l i The herein described mold for concreteeotlins Comprising n. plurality of mold sections of graduated sizesadopted to be lacedoneI within another and spaced apart or the Concretematerial fory molding the eoflins, each of said sections being provided.with elined ears upon the upper edges thereof, seid ears each having eke hole slotor'renged in olinement, and' e holding bor coniprising o rodprovided with projeotions uponone side thereof ,torengaging said keyhole'slots tov suspend said molding sections the required Hovingthns'deseribed the invention, what -distnnces Aapart/for molding the`eoflins bef,

tween them, said holding bar being provided with n. handle vfor rottingand withdrawing the saine from theslot's. j In testimony whereof I afliXm in presence of two witnesses.

EDMUND `W. ELLING-'FON. lvitnesses: I I

Tnos.'WATKrNs, W. LYDDANE.

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